{"id":1464993,"date":"2022-05-05T11:59:59","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T15:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1464993"},"modified":"2022-05-05T12:00:06","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T16:00:06","slug":"ex-reporter-deletes-tweets-questioning-whether-assassination-would-save-roe-v-wade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-reporter-deletes-tweets-questioning-whether-assassination-would-save-roe-v-wade\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Reporter Deletes Tweets Questioning Whether Assassination Would Save Roe V. Wade"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fex-reporter-deletes-tweets-questioning-whether-assassination-would-save-roe-v-wade%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1464993&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2022-05-05-at-10.18.34-AM.png?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Amid concerns about the safety of the conservative Supreme Court justices, a former reporter pondered online whether assassinating Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito would save <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInteresting real life trolley problem in America now,\u201d tweeted Simon Gwynn, whose public profiles say that he worked for Haymarket Media Group as a journalist before he <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@simon.gwynn\/an-apology-and-love-letter-to-newcastle-fans-7e838146f7a5\">reportedly resigned<\/a> over \u201cunwise\u201d tweets. \u201cIf you had the chance to kill Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, the two oldest right wing Supreme Court judges, should you do it while Biden can get his nominees to replace them confirmed?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s interesting as an abstract question but becomes a real conundrum if, say, you\u2019re terminally ill and have little to lose yourself, but know that it could save many women\u2019s lives in the future,\u201d Gwynn continued.<\/p>\n<p>He has since deleted the tweets, which were preserved by the Washington Examiner\u2019s Jerry Dunleavy, saying that Twitter \u201cis not often a good place for\u201d thought experiments of this kind.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">these were the tweets btw <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TNy0txKJkg\">https:\/\/t.co\/TNy0txKJkg<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zkf4BXkmMI\">pic.twitter.com\/zkf4BXkmMI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JerryDunleavy\/status\/1522209295814860800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#8217;ve removed my recent two tweets about the US Supreme Court as on reflection they&#8217;re obviously pretty irresponsible, though I don&#8217;t think they would be against Twitter&#8217;s TOS.<br \/>FYI I don&#8217;t endorse murdering anyone, but don&#8217;t think there&#8217;s anything wrong with thought experiments.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Simon Gwynn \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@SimonGwynn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SimonGwynn\/status\/1522184827071606784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve removed my recent two tweets about the US Supreme Court as on reflection they\u2019re obviously pretty irresponsible, though I don\u2019t think they would be against Twitter\u2019s TOS,\u201d Gwynn said on Thursday morning. \u201cFYI I don\u2019t endorse murdering anyone, but don\u2019t think there\u2019s anything wrong with thought experiments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Twitter did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Daily Wire.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI don&#8217;t endorse murdering anyone, but don&#8217;t think there&#8217;s anything wrong with thought experiments\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5hrKhGxafM\">https:\/\/t.co\/5hrKhGxafM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brent Scher (@BrentScher) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrentScher\/status\/1522199394329800711?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The comments <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/leftist-groups-direct-protestors-to-descend-upon-supreme-court-justices-homes?%3Futm_source=twitter&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_campaign=dwtwitter\">come as activist groups<\/a> direct angry abortion protestors to protest at the homes of \u201csix extremist\u201d Supreme Court justices amid swelling abortion protests in major cities around the country.<\/p>\n<p>The progressive activist group Ruth Sent Us announced \u201cwalk-by Wednesday\u201d for May 11, urging protestors to come to \u201cthe\u00a0homes of the six extremist justices, three in Virginia and three in Maryland.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ShutDownDC is also advertising a Saturday evening \u201cCandlelight Vigil for <i>Roe v. Wade<\/i>,\u201d calling for abortion supporters to \u201cjoin us in a march to Justices Kavanaugh and Roberts\u2019 homes to protest for reproductive freedom!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to a leaked draft opinion showing that the court is likely preparing to overturn <i>Roe v. Wade<\/i>, abortion supporters protested outside the United States Supreme Court on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Protests also took place in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2022-05-03\/downtown-los-angeles-roe-wade-protest\">Los Angeles<\/a> (where protestors violently clashed with\u00a0police) and in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/05\/03\/nyregion\/abortion-protest-new-york-supreme-court.html\">New York City<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe radical Left and their dark money funders have one goal, which is to intimidate the Court,\u201d Judicial Crisis Network President Carrie Severino told The Daily Wire on Wednesday evening. \u201cShowing up at the justices\u2019 homes to harass them is absolutely beyond the pale and shows the lengths to which they are willing to go in order to undermine the Court\u2019s independence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a Tuesday editorial, the\u00a0Wall Street Journal Editorial Board expressed concerns that an \u201cabortion fanatic\u201d might \u201ccommit an act of violence\u201d in an effort to subvert the court\u2019s expected decision to overturn <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne question is how fast the Court should now move to publish its decision in\u00a0<em>Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization,\u201d<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/the-supreme-court-leak-on-roe-v-wade-samuel-alito-john-roberts-abortion-draft-opinion-11651605792\">the board said<\/a>. \u201cThere\u2019s an argument for getting it out fast to make it a fait accompli.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolitico said the Alito draft was circulated in February, so the Justices have had ample time to absorb it and respond,\u201d it continued. \u201cWe hate to say this, but some abortion fanatic could decide to commit an act of violence to stop a 5-4 ruling. It\u2019s an awful thought, but we live in fanatical times.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amid concerns about the safety of the conservative Supreme Court justices, a former reporter pondered online whether assassinating Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito would save Roe v. 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